Technology Explorers Wanted! Try one of our free Tech Explorations! Tech Explorations in Career and Technical Education (CTE) are a series of free online workshops that focus on tech tools that can be used in the CTE classroom. The Tech Explorations are just a taste of some of the technologies you will encounter in the ST4 STEM Fellowship. Topics include web 2.0 tech tools, collaboration, design-based learning, communication, digital tools for teaching, and real-world problems. Tech Explorations are open to everyone and you determine your level of participation.

Available Tech Explorations

Articles, Videos and Other Resources

Flipped Classrooms

• Five Best Practices for the Flipped Classrom Edutopia
• Overview: The Flipped Classroom Infographic
• 7 Things You Should Know About Flipped Classrooms

Gamification

• 7 Things You Should Know About Gamification
• Game-Based Learning Units for the Everyday Teacher Edutopia
• Gamification lectures from the University of Pennsylvania
• Gamifying Homework This blog post from The Chronicle of Higher Education explores the idea that people will do anything for a virtual badge

Online Design

• The ‘Angry Birds’ Guide to Online Lesson Design Lessons about Course Design that we can learn from Angry Birds
• Get Your Game On: How to Build Curriculum Units Using the Video Game Model Edutopia
• How to Plan Instruction Using the Video Game Model Edutopia

Research

• Technology Outlook, STEM+ Education 10212-2017, an NMC Horizon Project Sector Analysis

Webinars

• Gameful Learning in Global Social Problems Webinar

Websites

• Easel.ycreate and share visual ideas online vhemes are visual themes. Drag and drop a vheme onto your canvas
  for easy creation of your visual idea
• trello.com This site helps students add project management skills to their problem solving skills.
• www.lucidchart.comThis site allows students to create collaborative flows charts and mind maps
• Microsoft Faculty Connection website

Videos

• Daniel Pink: Drive Talk (RSA Animate) Based on his book, Daniel Pink talks about what motivates us at home and in the workplace.
• Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world TED Talk: Can we harness the power of gaming to solve the world's problems?